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Successfully Speaking workshop

Professor Kunle Oloyede, PhD., DIC

Director Higher Degrees Research School of Chemistry Physics and

Mechanical Engineering

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To speak successfully

Plan

Practise

Provide

3-Ps

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Planning = Questions and Analysis

What do I want to

say?

Content Analysis

What benefits to audience?

Who is my

Audience?

Purpose - Why?

Should they listen to

me?

Structure of

slides/talk

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Why do you want to speak?

• To let people know about your thinking and approach to an important problem

• To engage with people and get feedback• To Publish and enhance you career• To learn how to present for your next

destination, e.g., a job • To impart knowledge• To act as change agent (for a cause)

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Actions to take for conferences

• Effective preparation and iterations• Controlled Breathing especially before you

get on stage• First few sentences or moments might be a

problem – Don’t worry it happens to all• Keep telling yourself that you have prepared

well• Look at the audience and shift your eyes

across the room

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Actions to take for journal publication

• What is the philosophical argument?• What is my hypothesis – does it suit the

forum? • What knowledge does it create?• Who might review your paper/confirmation

document?• Does your abstract tell it all?• What are my results saying to the experts

and non-experts in the field – Have I reported my findings effectively? – ask a colleague

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Paper Structure

• Abstract must tell it all• Each paragraph must begin a new

component and end with a closure statement• Each paragraph must lead to the next for

continuity• Results are not the same as discussion – one

is your finding the other is what you make of it philosophically!

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Most important

• Know your subject • Know your audience• Know your publisher/journal/conference• Arrange so that the most important issues

are addressed as soon as possible• Practise, do a lot of iterations• Be prepared for hard work

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Content

• Usually with slides• Time usually between 10 and 40 minutes• For 10 minutes – approximately 6-8 slides• Crucial components like results first before

anything else

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A brief example!

I want to convince a group of students to consider enrolling for

research in the STEM faculty

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Why research in Science Technology Engineering

Mathematics?

•Engage in creative endeavours that bring benefit to society via innovations•Contribute to knowledge that drives development •Contribute to economic growth•make people’s lives better

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How do we do we achieve this?

Create new knowledgeFind new ways of using

existing knowledge

Selected areas

With students (YOU) as partners/collaborators

STEM

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Excellence in Research for Australia

•QUT ranked 2nd of the non-Go8 universities (10th overall or in the 1st top quartile of Australian universities)•Several disciplines rated between 3 and 5•With you QUT aims to break into a position that cuts into the top 8 currently occupied by the Go8

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Distributed PrecinctsResearch Facilities

Significant investment and still growing

Buildings with purpose

• MERF at Prince Charles Hospital • ARCAA at Brisbane Airport• Microgravity Drop Tower • Biodiesel Engine Research Facility• Distributed Generation Test Facility• Simulation and Modelling Facility

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IHBI Facilities

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• New off-campus research facilities:– MERF at Prince Charles Hospital – ARCAA at Brisbane Airport– Microgravity Drop Tower at Carseldine

• Gardens Point Developments– Biodiesel Engine Research Facility– Distributed Generation Test Facility– Simulation and Modelling Facility*

• Over $18million in investment over past 5 years

ARCAA Research Facilities

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Big Time Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The STEM Agenda

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Science & Technology Precinct

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Proposed Science and Technology Precinct

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Science and Technology Precinct

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Thank you!

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